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Majority Opinion
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Warren, C.J. (Marshall, J., not participating) |
Concurring Opinion
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Harlan, J., concurring |
Dissenting Opinion
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Douglas, J. |
Lower Court
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Arkansas Supreme Court and United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas |
Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim sustained |
Oral Arguments
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Oral Arguments
[Oyez]
-- edited transcript in Irons, Peter, editor, MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT: THE FIRST AMENDMENT (1997), pp. 250-257
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Lawyers |
Marvin M. Karpatkin argued the cause for respondent in No. 232 and petitioner in No. 233
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News Stories & Commentary |
Editorial, "Draft Card Burning," Washington Post, May 28, 1968, p. 20
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Editorial, "Students and the Draft," June 4, 1968, p. 46
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Graham, Fred, "High Court Backs Ban on Burning of Draft Cards," May 28, 1968, p. 1
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Graham, Fred, "Is it Action or 'Symbolic Speech'?," New York Times, June 2, 1968, sect. E, p. 5
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Graham, Fred, "New Tide in High Court," New York Times, June 20, 1968, p. 32
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Levy, Claudia, "Women Burn Draft Cards at Court," Washington Post, June 18, 1968, sect. A, p. 1
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MacKenzie, John P., "Law Against Burning Draft Cards Upheld," Washington Post, May 28, 1968, p. 1
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Martin, P.W., The Draft Card Burners," The Nation, July 22, 1968, pp. 42-44
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New York Times (AP), "Decision Shocks O'Brien," May 28, 1968, p. 32
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Washington Post (AP), "Speedup Sought In Card Burnings," May 29, 1968, sect. B, p. 4
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Opinion - Lower Court |
O'Brien v. United States, 376 F.2d 538 (C. A. 1st Cir. 1967)
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Other |
Alfange, Dean, "Free Speech & Symbolic Conduct," 1968 Supreme Court Review 1
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Belknap, Michael, "The Warren Court & the Vietnam War," 33 Georgia Law Review 65 (1998)
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Bollinger, Lee, THE TOLERANT SOCIETY (1986), pp. 204-212
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Ely, John H., "Flag Desecration: A Case Study in the Rules of Categorization & Balancing in First Amendment Analysis," 88 Harvard Law Review 1482 (1975)
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Emerson, Thomas, THE SYSTEM OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION (1970), pp. 82-86
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Haiman, F.S., "Non-Verbal Communication & the First Amendment," 68 Quarterly Journal of Speech 371 (1982)
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Nimmer, Mel, "The Meaning of Symbolic Speech Under the First Amendment," 21 UCLA Law Review 29 (1973)
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Shiffrin, Steven, THE FIRST AMENDMENT, DEMOCRACY, & ROMANCE (1990), pp. 5-6, 81
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Smolla, Rodney, SMOLLA & NIMMER ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH (1994), sect. 5.01[2]
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Tribe, Laurence, AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (2nd ed., 1988), pp. 799, 819-825
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Velvel, "Freedom of Speech & the Draft-Burning Cases," 16 University of Kansas law Review 149 (1968)
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Werhan, Keith, "The O'Briening of First Amendment Methodology," 19 Arizona State Law Journal 635 (1987)
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